Balearic Islands is 1.16× the size of Wakayama

What fits

• Wakayama is 87% of the size of Balearic Islands.
• Balearic Islands is larger by 688 km² (266 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Wakayama.
• Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Wakayama about 0.14.

How they differ

• Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 911,000, 1.29× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 230 in Balearic Islands against 206 in Wakayama: Balearic Islands is 1.12× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Balearic Islands at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Wakayama at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 1.34× the size of Wakayama instead of 1.16×.
• Together Balearic Islands and Wakayama cover 9,550 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 4.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 688 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
• At Wakayama's density, Balearic Islands would have 1.1 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Wakayama would have 1.0 million (it has 911,000).
• Balearic Islands's centre is 5.7° of latitude, about 630 km, farther north than Wakayama's.
• Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• Balearic Islands lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 630 km) north of Wakayama.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Wakayama about 4,860 m².
• Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Wakayama would cover 9,550 km², 95% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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